Mount Rainier National Park (U.S. National Park Service)

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Visitor Alert

The park is experiencing vehicle break-ins this summer. Unattended cars at parking areas have been broken into; items have been stolen. Don't leave valuables in your car. Report suspicious activity.

Mount Rainier National Park
A Source of Inspiration

Learn about glaciers. Discover life in a rainforest. Hike the Wonderland Trail. Explore subalpine ecology. Watch clouds shroud the mountain and disappear. Visit a rustic historic building. Dream about climbing to the summit. Study geology. Experience a mountain meadow. Listen to a glacier crack.
BE INSPIRED!

Do Your Part for Climate Friendly Parks!

Mount Rainier National Park is a climate friendly park with a goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2016 - the centennial of the National Park Service. You can be part of the effort by logging on to Do Your Part to calculate your carbon footprint and set your personal goals. Don't forget to select Mount Rainier as your favorite park!

One of Mount Rainier's Volunteers in Parks (VIP) wearing VIP uniform and park radio.

Volunteer at Mount Rainier

Join our team! Visit our Volunteers-In-Parks page for information about how to participate in upcoming volunteer projects, including flood recovery and trail repair, or to apply for long-term internships and other volunteer positions.

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Mount Rainier partially obscured by clouds.

Paradise Web Cameras

Is the Mountain out? What's the weather like at Paradise? Take a look at our live MountainCam to find out! Then, from the Henry M. Jackson Visitor Center, look toward the east and west, or get a view of the visitor center itself. Look south to see the Tatoosh Range from the Tatoosh Range Webcam, and check the air quality camera monitoring the visibility over the Nisqually Valley. Additional information can be found on our weather page, including the current weather forecast.

2010 "Share the Experience" Photo Contest

Enter your favorite photos of your visits to America's Federal recreation lands by entering the 2010 "Share the Experience" Photo Contest, sponsored by Olympus Imaging America, Inc. and the National Park Foundation. Your winning photo could grace the front of the 2012 Federal Recreation Lands Pass! Visit www.sharetheexperience.org to enter your photos from June 1st to December 31st, or pick up a brochure and entry form while visiting a Federal recreation land this year. Great prizes include: Olympus digital cameras, trips to a Federal recreation area, Federal Recreation Lands Passes and more!

Write to

Mount Rainier National Park
55210 238th Ave. East
Ashford, WA 98304

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Phone

Headquarters
(360) 569-2211

Headquarters (TDD)
(360) 569-2177

Fax

(360) 569-2170

Climate

A Pacific maritime climate characterized by rainy, mild winters and cool, dry summers controls northwest weather patterns. Mountain weather is very changeable. Wet, cold weather can occur anytime of the year. While late-July and August can be the driest, warmest time of the year, summer can also be wet and cool. Winter brings heavy snowfall; snowpacks can linger well into summer.
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